King Asoka's daughter, Sanghamittra, brought a piece of the original tree with her to Sri Lanka where it is continuously growing to this day in the island's ancient capital, Anuradhapura.The Bodhi tree was originally named Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi, and was a piece of another Bodhi tree planted in the year 245 B.C. The original Bodhi tree deteriorated and died of old age, the descendants of the branch that was brought by Emperor Ashoka's son, Mahindra, and his daughter, Sanghmittra, can still be found in Sri Lanka.
Fishermen display the mornings catch, under cover from the searing midday heat, at the local fish market in Galle on the south west coast of Sri Lanka.
The Satmahal Prasada, or "seven-storied tower", is a stepped up pyramid in the ancient royal city of the Kingdom of Polonnarawu in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka.
